| Orthodontic bite turbos have been used for a variety of reasons including disocclusion of the dentition for alignment, classification, interferences, and bite opening. Typically, these bite turbos have been made from glass ionomer or bis-GMA resin banding cements already available in office. Additionally, these bite turbos experience wear over time making it necessary for periodic additions on existing turbos, which takes more clinical chair time. Thus, clinical efficiency potentially improves with use of a more abrasive resistant turbo material. Little or no research to date has examined the abrasion and wear characteristics of materials used to fabricate bite turbos. Therefore, the aims of this project were to determine if there was a difference between the abrasion and wear characteristics of three commonly used orthodontic bite turbo materials: Dentsply TriadRTM VLC, Ivoclar Vivadent HeliomolarRTM HB, Reliance Ultra Band-LokRTM. |
